The origin of the cell from Oparin to the present day Cyril Ponnamperuma Section 1. General Overview Pages: 3 - 9
Alfonso L. Herrera: A Mexican pioneer in the study of chemical evolution A. Negrón-Mendoza Section 1. General Overview Pages: 11 - 15
Experimental retracement of the origins of a protocell Sidney W. FoxPeter R. BahnBi Yu Section 1. General Overview Pages: 17 - 36
Exobiology on Titan F. RaulinP. BrustonE. de Vanssay Section 2. Membrane Formation In Planetary, Extraterrestrial And Interstellar Conditions Pages: 39 - 53
Search for bioorganic compounds and organisms on Mars D. ChernavskiiA. GlianenkoH. Yanagawa Section 2. Membrane Formation In Planetary, Extraterrestrial And Interstellar Conditions Pages: 55 - 59
Interstellar dust, chirality, comets and the origins of life: Life from dead stars? J. Mayo GreenbergAkira KouchiW. Hermsen Section 2. Membrane Formation In Planetary, Extraterrestrial And Interstellar Conditions Pages: 61 - 70
Some aspects of laboratory cometary models A. Negron-MendozaG. AlbarranE. Chacon Section 2. Membrane Formation In Planetary, Extraterrestrial And Interstellar Conditions Pages: 71 - 76
SETH: The search for extra-terrestrial homochirality A. J. MacDermottG. E. Tranter Section 2. Membrane Formation In Planetary, Extraterrestrial And Interstellar Conditions Pages: 77 - 81
Age of the oldest rocks with biogenic components Stephen Moorbath Section 3. Beginnings Of Cellular Organization: The Early Paleontological Record Pages: 85 - 94
Significance of biogeochemical markers in Precambrian sediments Mohindra S. Chadha Section 3. Beginnings Of Cellular Organization: The Early Paleontological Record Pages: 95 - 101
Coherent dynamics in water as a possible explanation of biological membranes formation E. Del GiudiceG. Preparata Section 4. Physical Aspects In The Evolution Of The Membrane Pages: 105 - 116
Physics underlying the formation of protocells Koichiro Matsuno Section 4. Physical Aspects In The Evolution Of The Membrane Pages: 117 - 121
A possible route for the formation of protoprotein and its microspheres from primitive gases under possible prebiotic conditions K. HaradaH. Mizumoto Section 4. Physical Aspects In The Evolution Of The Membrane Pages: 123 - 127
Domain protolife Aristotel PappelisSidney W. Fox Section 4. Physical Aspects In The Evolution Of The Membrane Pages: 129 - 132
Chemical synthesis of lipids and the origin of life J. Oro Section 5. Origin And Structure Of The Membrane: Chemical Aspects Pages: 135 - 147
Adsorption interaction on the interface of phase-separated systems L. N. Moiseeva Section 5. Origin And Structure Of The Membrane: Chemical Aspects Pages: 149 - 154
Lipid vesicles: Are they plausible primordial aggregates? M. Rizzotti Section 5. Origin And Structure Of The Membrane: Chemical Aspects Pages: 155 - 162
Cell wall biochemistry in Archaea and its phylogenetic implications O. Kandler Section 6. Origin And Structure Of The Membrane: Biological Aspects Pages: 165 - 169
Contribution from coenzyme related molecules to evolution of photoreceptors Mikhail S. Kritsky Section 6. Origin And Structure Of The Membrane: Biological Aspects Pages: 171 - 177
On the origin of biological information Klaus Dose Section 7. Informational Aspects In The Evolution Of The Membrane Pages: 181 - 192
Linguistics of biomolecules and the protein-first hypothesis for the origins of cells Romeu Cardoso Guimarães Section 7. Informational Aspects In The Evolution Of The Membrane Pages: 193 - 199
Evolution of the cellular communication syste K. Tahir Shah Section 7. Informational Aspects In The Evolution Of The Membrane Pages: 201 - 210
Thermodynamics and biological evolution G. P. Gladyshev Section 8. Origin And Structure Of The Cell: Physical Aspects Pages: 213 - 222
On stable spherical configurations of artificial protocells U. Müller-HeroldG. Nickel Section 8. Origin And Structure Of The Cell: Physical Aspects Pages: 223 - 227
Molecular chirality and the origin of life Seiji Yuasa Section 8. Origin And Structure Of The Cell: Physical Aspects Pages: 229 - 233
False chirality, CP violation and the breakdown of microscopic reversibility in chiral molecular and elementary particle processes L. D. Barron Section 8. Origin And Structure Of The Cell: Physical Aspects Pages: 235 - 239
Possibilities to measure the parity-violating energy difference L. Keszthelyi Section 8. Origin And Structure Of The Cell: Physical Aspects Pages: 241 - 245
Low temperature specific heat anomaly of D-Valine Wenqing WangXiangrong ShengZhaojia Chen Section 8. Origin And Structure Of The Cell: Physical Aspects Pages: 247 - 252
Inorganic polyphosphate functions at various stages of cell evolution Igor S. Kulaev Section 9. Origin And Structure Of The Cell: Chemical Aspects Pages: 255 - 273
Hardware and software in biology: Simultaneous origin of proteins and nucleic acids via hydrogen cyanide polymers Clifford N. Matthews Section 9. Origin And Structure Of The Cell: Chemical Aspects Pages: 275 - 281
Phosphoryl amino acids: Common origin for nucleic acids and protein Yu-Fen ZhaoPei-sheng Cao Section 9. Origin And Structure Of The Cell: Chemical Aspects Pages: 283 - 287
A search for symmetries in the genetic code José EduardoM. HornosYvone M. M. Hornos Section 9. Origin And Structure Of The Cell: Chemical Aspects Pages: 289 - 294
Evolutionary roots of genetic code Vladimir A. Otroshchenko Section 9. Origin And Structure Of The Cell: Chemical Aspects Pages: 295 - 300
A new hypothesis for the origin of life Benoît E. Prieur Section 9. Origin And Structure Of The Cell: Chemical Aspects Pages: 301 - 312
Some physical problems in biology Julian Chela-Flores Section 10. Origin And Structure Of The Cell: Biological Aspects Pages: 315 - 330
Repetitive elements of protein sequences as fossils of early life István SimonSándor Pongor Section 10. Origin And Structure Of The Cell: Biological Aspects Pages: 331 - 334
The first eukaryotic cells — Acid hot-spring algae Joseph Seckbach Section 10. Origin And Structure Of The Cell: Biological Aspects Pages: 335 - 345
Thoughts on the origin and nature of life and intelligence on earth F. R. Eirich Section 11. Origin And Structure Of The Cell: Miscellaneous Topics Pages: 349 - 358
The beginning of the first cell R. Mohan Section 11. Origin And Structure Of The Cell: Miscellaneous Topics Pages: 359 - 366
